HIRST v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (No. 2) View

Notes

Date	30/03/2004
AppNr	74025/01
Body	Court (Fourth Section)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	10; 14; P1-3
Violated / NonViolated	P1-3
Citations	81314P1-1P1-3P3-1P12-1481011121314P1-1P1-3P4-2

Conclusions:

Costs and expenses partial award
No separate issue under Art. 10
No separate issue under Art. 14
Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient
Violation of P1-3

Keywords:

(art. 34) victim
(p1-3) vote
margin of appreciation

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Fourth Section)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Language	ENGLISH ; FRENCH
Application Number	74025/01
Importance Level	1
Represented by	N/A
Respondent State	the United Kingdom
Date of Judgment	30/03/2004
Conclusion	Violation of P1-3 ; No separate issue under Art. 14 ; No separate issue under Art. 10 ; Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient ; Costs and expenses partial award
Articles	P1-3 ; 14 ; 10
Separate Opinions	No
Law at Issue	Representation of the People Act 1983, section 3(1)
Strasbourg Case Law	A. v. the United Kingdom, no. 35373/97, ECHR 2002-X ; Campbell and Fell v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 28 June 1984, Series A no. 80 ; Draper v. the United Kingdom, no. 8186/78, Commission report, 10 July 1980, DR 24, p. 72 ; Golder v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 21 February 1975, Series A no. 18 ; Hamer v. the United Kingdom, no. 7114/75, Commission report, 13 December 1979, DR 24, p. 5 ; I.J.L., G.M.R. and A.K.P. v. the United Kingdom (Article 41), nos. 29522/95, 30056/96 and 30574/96, § 18, 25 September 2001 ; Jerusalem v. Austria, no. 26958/95, ECHR 2001-I, § 36 ; Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 201, ECHR 2000-IV ; M.D.U. v. Italy, no. 58540/00, decision of 28 January 2003 ; Mathieu-Mohin and Clerfayt v. Belgium, judgment of 2 March 1987, Series A no. 113, p. 23, § 52 ; Matthews v. United Kingdom [GC], no. 24833/94, § 63, ECHR 1999-I ; Nikolova v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 31195/96, 25 March 1999, § 79 ; no. 9914/82, Commission decision of 4 July 1983, DR 33, p. 245 ; no. 6573/74, Commission decision of 19 December 1974, Decisions and Reports (DR) 1, p. 87 ; Patrick Holland v. Ireland, no. 24927/94, Commission decision of 14 April 1998, DR 93, p. 15 ; Podkolzina v. Latvia, no. 46726/99, § 33, ECHR 2002-II ; Poltoratskiy v. Ukraine, no. 38812/97, ECHR 2003-V, §§ 167-171 ; Silver and Others v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 25 March 1983, Series A, no. 61 ; Smith and Grady v. the United Kingdom (just satisfaction), nos. 33985/96 and 33986/96, § 28, ECHR 2000-IX ; Soering v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 7 July 1989, Series A no. 161, § 87 ; T. v. the United Kingdom, no. 8231/78, Commission report, 12 October 1983, DR 49, p. 5, §§ 44-84 ; Wingrove v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 25 November 1996, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-V, § 58 ; X v. the United Kingdom, no. 9054/80, Commission decision of 8 October 1982, DR 30, p. 113
External Sources	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles 10 and 25 ; European Prison Rules 1987 (Council of Europe Recommendation R(87)3) ; Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters adopted by the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) 2002
Keywords	"(Art. 34) VICTIM" "(P1-3) VOTE" "MARGIN OF APPRECIATION" PROPORTIONALITY

Application Documents 2

	1 HIRST v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (No. 2) P1-3 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	06/10/2005
	41 HIRST v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Court (Fourth Section) Decision	08/07/2003

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POLTORATSKIY v. UKRAINE

3, 8, 9, 3 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)

29/04/2003

M.D.U. contre l'ITALIE

Court (Fourth Section) Decision

28/01/2003

A. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM

6-1, 8, 6, 14, 13 Court (Second Section) Judgment (Merits)

17/12/2002

PODKOLZINA v. LATVIA

P1-3 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)

09/04/2002

113

JERUSALEM v. AUSTRIA

10 Court (Third Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)

27/02/2001

1035

LABITA v. ITALY

3, 5-3, 5-1, 8, P4-2, P1-3, 3 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)

06/04/2000

115

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8, 13, 3, 14 Court (Third Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)

27/09/1999

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